- Initiatives
- Opportunities
Opportunities
Learn more about what opportunities mean at KHF, including for both funding and participation.
Current Opportunities
At any given time, we may have multiple available opportunities. This could include grants, sponsorships or when we seek your opinions.
- News & Views
News
See the latest news releases from KHF, including information on initiatives, opportunities and people.
Blog
Whether it's our staff or our board, the people associated with KHF have unique expertise and insights. Through this blog, you can read more about the topics that are important to us.
Stories
Want to know about the impact our partners are having across the state? Here, we try and share stories of impact and effort taking place each day.
- About Us
Who We Are
See a high-level overview of our work, our strategies, our team and our history.
Our Team
Learn more about the people that make KHF a place of both impact and enjoyment.
Financial Information
We try to always be effective stewards of the KHF endowment. Learn more about our finances and how they're managed.
Careers
Check here to see of any job postings and more information about working with us.
Sarah Jane Crespo
Events and Engagement Manager
Sarah Jane Crespo joined the Kansas Health Foundation in August 2023 and currently serves as events and engagement manager.
In this role, Crespo will lead KHF’s efforts to gather and convene a variety of stakeholders for the purpose of deeper discussions about the health, well-being and empowerment of Kansans.
Prior to joining KHF, Crespo was the director of community engagement at KMUW – Wichita Public Radio. She built the department from the ground up and produced hundreds of events and convenings during her time at KMUW. She is also a writer and has had many profiles and cover stories featured in local magazines. Crespo has won numerous awards for her work in engagement and content from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters, as well as a first place national award in 2022 from the Public Media Journalists Association.
Additionally, Crespo was instrumental in rolling out StoryCorps’ One Small Step project in the Wichita area in 2020 and continues facilitating these powerful civic healing conversations.
Crespo is a graduate of Wichita State University, earning a degree from WSU’s Elliott School of Communication.
Sarah Jane Crespo joined the Kansas Health Foundation in August 2023 and currently serves as events and engagement manager.
“The first step to Kansas leading the nation in health is to change the stories we tell about ourselves and about our state.”
–Sarah Jane Crespo, KHF Events and Engagement Manager
In Defense of Darkness
In Defense of Darkness
During the shorter days of winter, it’s easy to reject the darkness. What if that feeling was reframed? What is we used these times of darkness for thought and reflection?
Bridges in the Forest
Bridges in the Forest
Our common good isn’t mythological. It simply requires more of us taking the time to see the forest and the trees.